Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 19, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 220 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917 16 PAGES—120 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS WAR ARMY BILL IS SIGNED BY WILSON Calls for Registration of About 10,000,000 Men Be- tween the Ages of Twenty-one and Thirty 7.000,000 TRAINED MEN WITHIN A YEAR’S TIME Indications Are That Registration Will Begin About June 3, to be Completed Within Five Days—Will be Followed by the Selection of the First 500,000 Men to be Called to the Colors About Sept. 1—National Guardsmen Will be Drafted Into the Federal Service in Three Increments, July 15, July 25 and August 5—All Cavalry Units of the National Guard Are to be Drafted Dismounted. Washington, May 18—The war army bill as passed by congress and it the war department by President Wilson to- et motion immediately . produce within a year's rmy of more than ed and equipped men, cquate reserves of men and by an additional o soldiers under training. About 10,000,000 Men to Register. %e war bill was carefully gone over the day by Brigadier General rowder, judge-advocate general and + marshal general. It will sum- 0.000.000 men from 21 to 30 £ age to register for military v reviewed ce. Registration About June 3. cation are that registration will begin sbout June 3, to be completed five days and to be followed by ess of selection which will de- the first 500,000 men to be Guardsmen With Regulars on First Line. Meanwhile the war department is = vigorously its preparations to ize the national guard which, the regulars, forms the first line It was announced today that existing regiments of the guard will be called into service by August 5 and oficiale estimate that with from : month to six weeks Intensive train- = thess troops will be ready to go rward for final preparation behind the fighting lines in Burope. Troops Are Leaving the Border Regular army regiments already are 2 motion northward from the border, preparatory to the expansion of the egular service to full wary strength. Df the 183,398 men necessary to bring the regulars up to the 398,000 mark, 74,923 already have been recruited and the remainder are expected to com in before June 16. All Guardsmen Drafted by Aug. 5. o national guardsmen will be ed into federal service in three fner on July 15, July 25 and A 5. Under a general order fesue the presidlent drafting spe- cific reziments, the force will cease to - and become part of the armies of the United States. They jeved of the limitations up- use of the militia and be le for service in any part of the Authorities to Fill- Regiments. authorities were authorized to- to fill important regiments or oth- units to full war strength, making force of approximately 329 954 men officers No new national organizations will be accepted he federal government until this is done. and reserve battalions for each The result will to triple the present the guard but reports to ent show heavy recruiting regiment orzanized. states. isions of Draft and 16 Guards- men. ment announces also the military departments of isions of the new selective and the sixteen national ns for training purposes. sional canton- raft as rd divi of the guard aiv ts and most of the selective army p= will be in the southern part of mp; seven divisions of reg- rs, four of which will be available bile duty in continental United plemented by sixteen na- sard divisions and later by een selective army divisions. Be- ind ¢ s force, a second call on the selective forces, provided for in the bill. would add sixteen additional di- sions. Equipment Not Ready Until August. Analvsis of the war department's statement regarding mobilization of the national guard shows that equip- the force is not expected August By that the redoubled output of be able to & small arms and oth- for the selective army, »e assembled a month later as well or the full strength of the reg- and the guard. 200,000 Officers and Men. ring the Interval between the bilization of the guard and regulars znd the calling to the colors of the rst 500,000 of the selective army, a force of 200.000 officers and nmon-com- missioned men must be selected to train tbe new army. They will be taken from the officers’ training mps now in progress and from all anks and grades of the regulars and ré=men. Tioopers to be Drafted DiSmounted. cavalry units of the national 1 will be drafted dismounted. It is regarded as possible that a number of these organizations will be offered an opportunity to bs converted into “%eid ortillery forces as the gum di- visions must be supplemented without delay. The Divisions. The aivisions of the national guard and of the selective army which will be summoned about September 1 will be located by military department as follows: Northeastern department, first divi- sion, selective army. Eestern department, second, _third and fourth divisions, selective army. Southeastern department sixth, seventh and twelfth divisions, selec- tive army, and ffth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, sixteenth, sev- enteenth and eighteenth divisions, na- tional guard. Central department _eighth, ninth, tenth, thirteenth and fourteenth divi- slons, selective army. Southern department, fifteenth divi- slons, selective army , and _eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fif- teenth divisions, national 5 Western department _sixteenth di- ivsion, selective army, and nineteenth and 'twentieth divisions, natlonal guard. PRESIDENT WILSON’S DRAFT PROCLAMATION Putting Into Effect the Provision of the War Army Bill. Washington, May 18. — President Wilson’s proclamatign, putting into ef- fect the selective draft provision of the ‘war army bill, which he signed tonight, quotes the sections of the new law authorizing him to summon for regis- tration all male persons between 21 and 30, inclusive, and proceeds: “Now, thereore, L. Woodrow Wilson, president of the Unitea States, do call upon the governor of each of the sev- eral states and territories, the board of commissioners of the District of Colymbia and all officers and agents of the several states and territories, of the District of Columbia and of the countries and municipalities there- in, to perform certaip duties in the execution of the foregoing law, which duties will be communjcated to them directly in regulations of even date herewith. Registration June 5th. “And 1 do further proclaim ana give notice to all persons subject to res- istration In the several states and in the District of Columbla In accord- {ace with the above laws, that the £ me and place of such registration shall by hetween 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on the filth day of June, 1917, at the regis- tration place In the precinct wherein they have their permanent homes. Those who shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthday on or before the day here named are required to register, ex- cepting only officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the navy, the ma- rine corps, and the national guard and naval militia while in the service of the United States and officers In the officers’ reserve corps and enlisted men in the enlisted reserve corps while in active service. In the territory of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico, a day for registration will be named in a lat- er proclargation. in Case of Sickness. “And I do charge those who through sickness shall be unable to present themselves for registration, that they shall apply on before the day of registration to the ecomnty clerk of the county where they may be for in- structions as to how they may be res- istered by agent. ‘Those who expect to be absent on the day named from the countries in which they have their permanent homes may register by mail, but their malled registration cards must reach the places in which they have their permanent homes by the day named herein. They should apply as soon as practicable to the county clerk of the county whereln they may be for instructions as to how thev may accomplish their regis tration by malfl. In case such per- son as, through sickness or absence, may be unable to present themselves personally for registration shall be so- journing in cities of over thirty thous- and population they shall apply to the city clerk wharein they may be so- journing rather than to the clerk of the county. ‘The clerks of counties and of citles of over thirty thousand population in which numerous appli- cations from the sick and non-resi- dents are expected are authorized to establish such sub-agencies and to em- ploy and deputize such clerical force as may be necessary to accommodate these applications™ Penalty One Year's Imprisonment. The proclamation quotes the sec- tion of the new law which provides that all persons subject to registration “shall be deemed have notice of the requirements of this act upon the publication of said proclamation or other notice as aforesaid given by the president or by his direction; and any person who shall wilfully fail or re- fuse to pr-bm:&hlm.fl! for or to sul ereto as herein - Vided shall be guilty of a misdemeafor and shall, upon conviction in ! I The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Cabled Paragraphs Sewing Girls of Paris on Strike. Paris, May 18, 4 p. m.—The ranks of the striking sewing girls were in- creased today to 8,000, the empioyes of several additional establishments having joined the movement for a Saturday half holiday with pay and an increase In pay of one franc a day because of the high cost of living. ACQUISITION OF MERCHANT SHIPS DEBATED IN SENATE. Proposed Expenditure of $750,000,000 for Construction and Purchase. Washington, May 18.—The proposed expenditure of $750,000,000 for con- struction and purchase of merchant ships engrossed the senate today, when it resumed consideration of the $3,890,- 000,000 war budget bill. The section probably will be adopted tomorrow. Democratic and republican leadefs joined in urging that the money be speedily provided and emphasized the urgent necessity of ships, both to aid the allies and for possible use af American military forces. Before taking up the merchant ma- rine section, the senate reopened de- bate on the army draft bill, already sent to the president, and ' adopted without a record vote a “rider” amend- ment to the war budget measure limit- ing operation of the draft law to “four months after the present war with Germany,” instead of to “the existing emergenc: Opposition to the merchant marine program came mostly from the repub- lican side and largely upon the ques- tion of conferring power upon the president- to commandeer ships, ship- yards and factories. Senators object- ing said they feared what was termed “dangerous and far-reaching”’ power might harmfully affect business inter- ests. CONSCRIPTION HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN CANADA To Fill Up the Gaps of the Canadian Army in France. Ottawa, Ont, May 18.—Compulsory military service on a selective basis to ralse immediately at least 50,000 and probably 100,000 men to make good the wastage In the Canadian army corps in France, was proposed today. The prime minister declared that every man in the country had been given the opportunity under the vol- untary enlistment plan to do his duty 1o theé country and to the cause. There had been 326,000 men of the Canadian foree to cross the Atlantic. Including British, French and other reservists, not less than 360,000 men had gone from Canada for oversea military ser- vice. But more were needed, Sir Robert announced. There were under arms enough men to supply reinforcements to keep the five Canadian army divis- ions up to strength for some time, he sald, but losses were great and pro- vision had to be made for the future unless the five Canadian divisions were to dwindle to four, to three, and to_two. The prime minister said that the ‘message he brought back from the Canadians who had held the Germans at Ypres and beaten them from Viny Ridge was that they must be sup- ported and their losses made good. BRITISH TRANSPORT CAMERONIA TORPEDOED. 140 Men Missing Are Presumed Have Been Drowned. London, May 17, p. m. —(De- layed).—The British admiralty issues the following statement for newspapers of Saturday: “The British transport Cameronia with troops was torpedoed b en- emy submarine in the east Med- iterranean on April 15. One hundred and forty men are miseing and are presumed to have been drowned.” The survivors of the Cameronia say the vessel was torpedoed in fine, calm weather in the afternoon. The subma~- rine was not seen. A large number of casualties were due to the explosion of the torpedo, which struck where there happened to be many soldiers. There wag some excitement and confusion at the out- set after the torpedo had struck but discipline soon prevailed. The boats were smartly launched but one of them was smashed and many lives were lost. The Cameronia was afloat for forty minutes after she was torpedoed, which enabled torpedo boat destroyers to to run alongside the wounded vessel.{ Soldiers from the Cameronia jumped on these boats in disciplined succes- sion. The destroyers ceased taking on men as soon as they had obtained their full complement. Many men from the Cameronia who jumped into the water were picked up by the boats. iFTY COLLEGE ATHLETES TO TAKE MILITARY EXAMINATIONS For Commissions as Second Lieuten- | President Orders RegularstoFrance UNDER COMMAND OF MAJOR- GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE Under the Advice of Military Experts on Both Sides of the Water, Presi- dent Wilson Will Not Avail Himself of the Proposed Roosevelt Expedi- tion. Washington, May 18. — President Wilson ordered tonight that a divis- ion of regular troops commanded by Major General John J. Pershing be sent to France at the earliest possible This is the answer of America to France’s plea that the Stars and Stripes be carried to the fighting front without delay to hearten the soldiers battling there with concrete evidence Stormy Session o House Committee OVER WAR REVENUE BILL TO RAISE $2,245,000,000. NOT TO ATTEMPT IT Ways and Means Committee Decides to Establish a Flate Rate of One Cent a Pound on Reading Matter and the Parcel Post Rate on Adver- tising Matter. Washington, May 18.—A stormy ses- sion of the house ways and _means committee today resulted in a final de- cision not to attempt to raise through the pending war revenue Will a total of $2,245,000,000, Secretary McAdoo’s estimate ‘of half the cost of the first year of the war. The advisability of raising approximately $400,000,000 by bond issue for the purchase of ships was discussed and a tentative decision Speaking on the benefits of ad tion that is beins ziven to it throu of the middle west told his hearcrs in the history of retailing when chants as there are at this minu te. thy today than there were 30" years from now than there are today. Such a statement could unques? of the country. value of advertising and they have by using printer’s ink and the best ty in this part of the state makes and those who want to reach the b In the past week the followi- ng tin’s columns: Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Frday, May May May May May May 15 16 16 14, 14 12, 5 152 16. 1Z. 184 Pablls ™. 1. doing their best to get the results which problem of the daily needs and they rise to the occasion and meet it Getting Greater Recognition Every Year vertising and the increased recogni- zhout the country a business man that “there has never been a time ere were so many live retail mer- They have awakened to the call and they are studving methods of salesmanship and good advertising. There are more good advertisers among retail merchants in Tlinois ago, and there will be more 30 years tionably be applied to most sections The merchants have sought a demonstration of the received it. it assures. They are therefore They know the advertising mediums. The extensive circulation of The Bulletin in city, town and coun- it indispensable for the merchant uyers, matter has appeared in The Bulle- Telegraph Local General Total 8 3 4 7 9 153 144 111 192 111 127 835 1089 -208 183 166 222 243 1400 512 458 505 482 514 2411 3871 that a powerful ally has come to_their support against German aggréssion. Announcement of Order. Announcement of the order followed signing of the selective draft war ar- my bill by the president, and the is- sulng of a statement that under ad- vice of military experts on both sides of the water, the president could not employ volunteers nor avail himselt of the “fine vigor and enthusiasm” of Former President Roosevelt for the expedition. The army law provides for an ulti- mate force of approximat 000,000 men to back up the first troops to g0 to the front. When the bill had been the president affixed his name proclamation calling upon all men in the country between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, to register themselves for miltary service June 5 next. Even before the bill was signed the war department announced that the tull strength of the national guard iwould be drafted into the United States army beginning July 15 and concluding Aug. 5. Orders to bring the regiments to full war strength imme- giately accompanied the notification sent to all governors. Forces to Go to France. It is from these forces that the first armies to join General Pershing at the front will be drawn, to be followed within a few months by recurring waves from the selective draft armies, ants in the United States Marines New York, May 1S—Fifty college athletes, including some of ‘the fore- most in sports at Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Cornell, will take ex. aminations here on Monday for com- missions as second lieutenants in the United States marines, it was an- nounced today. They include, Harry Le -Gore, John W. Overton, Louis A Ferguson and Okum Yorke, Captains in four branches of athletics at Yal Wililiam D. Jewett, Harold B. Hos- kins and William A. Eddy, Princeton captains, and Clinton K. Seymour, of the Cornell crew. imprisonment for not more than one year, ad shall thereupon be duly reg- istered.” Penaity For Unfaithful Officials. It also quotes the section provid- ing that any registration officer who shall “knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false or Incorrect registration, physical examination, ex- emption, enlistment, enrollment, or muster; and any person who ’shall make or be a party to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the fitness or Hability of himself or any other person for service under the provisions of this act, or regulations made by the president thereunder, or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the requirements of this act or of sald registrations, or, wWho, in any manner, shall fail or neglect fully to perform any duty required of him in the execution of this act. shall, if not subject to military law, be guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conyiction in the district court of ~the United States having Jjurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one vear, or, if subject to artial and surter svoh DunlsBOt &S such punishment as a court martial may direct.” ¥l the first 500,000 of whom will be mo- bilized September first. Text of Announcement. Following is the text of the terse announcement of the war department as to General Pershing’s expedition: he president has directed an ex- peditionary force of approximately one division of regular troops, under com- mand ot General Joun J. Pershinz to proceed to France at as early a date as practicable. General Pershing and staff will precede the troops abroad. “It is requested that no details or speculations with regard to the-fno- bilization of this command, dates of departure, or other items, be carried by the press, other than the official bulletin given out by the war depart- ment relating thereto.” Why Roosevelt Was Turned Down In his explanation for his reasons for mot_availing himself of the so- called Roosevelt amendment to the army bill, Mr. Wilson has brought out sharply the points made against that amendment by army officers, regard- less of their personal political leanings or their regard for Mr. Roosevelt him.- self. Many officers who are warm ad- mirers of the former president have unhesitatingly condemned his pro- posal to raise a volunteer army corps or division on the ground that it would drain the regular service of men vitally needed to train the mil- lions_that must be whipped into fight_ ing trim in all too brief a time. The list of regular officers Mr. Rooseveit desired to take with him has been the subject of much specu- lation and comment. Because or the old association in Spanish war days between Major General Leonard Wood and_ Mr. Roosevelt, it has been re- garded as virtually certain that Gen- eral Wood was the former presiaent's selection for tupreme command of the fos Under the s of the war depart- ment, Wood, by reason of his was reached to modify the second class mail rate, automobile and musical in- struments tax section of the measure. Republicans declared at the outset of the meeting that they would com- bat any attempt to write into the biil the $445,000,000 difference between the |Sult of a wound in the back of his neck original 'total of the measure and the secretary’s latest war cost estimate. Pressure for such a proposal ,they de- clared. would result in abandonment of their agreement to support the com- mittee measure. Convinced of the jnequality of the zone rate system on second class mail matter now contained in the bill, the committee virtually decided to substi- tute the Moon proposal, once included in a postoffice bill, which would fix a flat rate of one cent a pound on read- it matter and the parcel post zone riie on advertising matters. Under this plan publishers would make their returns to the postoffice department and be charged accordingly. This pro- posal, as well as the one to lower the automobile and musical Instrument 5 per cent. tax now contained in the bill, will receive further consideratoin as the daily meetings of the committee progress. FIRE AT NIAGARA FALLS DID $300,000 DAMAGE To the Storehouse of the Electrolytic Company. National Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 18.—Fire of unknown origin did damage esti- mated at $300,000 to the storehouse of the National Electrolytic company here late today. There was no one in the storehouse when the fire began. Dur- ing the fire several explosions occurred and although they were of such force that they were felt in all parts of the city, none of the workmen in other parts of the plant was injured. Large quanttiles of potash and formadlehyde stored in the burned building were de- stroyed. The company has had no war orders, it was eaid. 2reat experienc in mobilization prob- lems, his unfailing energy and enthu- siasm, has been assigned the hardest task of any general officer. He will direct, as commander of the south- castern department, the mobilization and training of twelve divisions or more than 300,000 men among whom without question will be those who will be first selected to follow General Pershing’s forces to France. In his proclamation under the draft Dbill, the president, declaring estab- lishment of the seiective conscription system “a new thing in our history and a landmark in our progress,” en- joined the nation to approach the day of registration “in thoughtful appre- hension of its significance.” Nation Must Train for War. “It is not an army that we must train for war,” sald the proclamation, “it is a nation. To this end our peo- ple must draw close in one compact front against a common foe. But this cannot be If each man pursues a pri- vate purpose. All must pursue one pur- pose. “The nation needs all men. But it needs each man not in the fleld that will most pleasure him, but in the endeavor that will best serve the com- f Conden sed Te_legrams ican Ambulance Section 19 left Ame: Paris for the front. liance, were ordered closed. on the ground that they were used “bv per- sons attempting to cause sedition among the civil population.” S. Sachs, government an- he Argentine ibition on the expor- T nounced a prohibi tation of wheat. Moses W. Cortright, former New York police inspector, left an estate valued at $84,327. The Pennsylvania State Workmen's Insurance Fund voted to invest $50,- 000 in Liberty loan bonds. Forest fires raging in Oneida cou ty, Wisconsin, threaten to. destroy a million feet of decked logs. Reports of anarchy in Viadivostok are untrue. ~The commander of the fortress reports the situation orderly. Senators Swanson of Virginia, Jones of Washington and Weeks of Massachusetts are talking of enlist- ng. The Texas senate adopted a reso- lution condemning the attempt to have the government fix prices of food products. The Naval Reserve force, which will man the mosquito and patrol fleets, will go into camp within ten day: near New York. Ten large factories in Chicago have supplied girl emploves with overalls and other employers are to follow their example. The Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Brooke, died at Cirencester. FHe was 58 years old. He was the only white rajah in the world. Owing to the shortage of coal, Ham- burg is without gas, except a limited supply for a few indispensable insti- tions. Most of the restaurants and cafes are closed. Seamen Frank M. Lasher and George T. Wilson, survivors of the Zun crew of the torpedoed steamer Vacuum, applied to bLe assigned to another armed merchant ship. Maud Dupray, of No. 835 Westches- ter avenue, one of the prettiest girls of the Bronx, prosecuted her own prisoner, Joseph Anlkel, in Morrisania court for trying to rob her purse. The United Statss Envelope Co. whose main offices are in Springfield, will provide 750,000 envelopes daily without charge for the use of the new United States army. LPING ITALIANS In Their Latest Attempt to Drive the Austrians Fron the Line of the Isonzo ITALIANS ARE FORTIFYING CAPTURED POSITIONS The Germans Apparently Have Given Up All Hope of R taking Bullecourt, as No New Counter-Attacks H Been Made—Along the Aisne and in Champagne Gérman Crown Prince Has Given Up His Fru Counter-Attacks—Russian Troops Have Driven Attacks by Dense German Formations. Ba up hope of re other strategly {sh hands, and of Bullecourt precht has mad tack. Along th the German given up his but continues t British heavy artillery, whose de- structive effectiveness made possible the successful Sommry and Arras of- tensives, is cooperating with the Ital- ians in their latest attempt to drive the Austrlans from the line of the Isonzo, At four points along the line the Austrians have made repeated attacks, but all efforts were cheeked. Mean- while, under thé cover of the artillery, | tillery firing wit the Italians are fortifying captured po. [ guns. sitions and preparing for another for- | Dense German forn ward movement. In addition to the |grad says, e taking of much war material, Rome |against Russiar reports the capture of nearly 6,500 |vov in the ree prisoners. ski, Volhyn k Artillery_actions only are reported | met the tte from the British front around Arras. |and machine 1 The Germans apparently have given!Uermans back WHEAT BREAD IS T BEST BREA DRAFT OF NATIONAL GUARD AND COAST ARTILLERY Will Take Place July 15—Will be Sent Members of the Nat A German torpedo boat was sunk by a mine or torpedo Wednesday even- ing, north of Schiermonnikoog Island (one of the Frieslands), according to word received in Amsterdam. Senators Kenyon of lowa and As- hurst of Arizona announced their in- tention of -enlisting as seamen in the] Nayval Reserve. Thev passed the nec- essary physical examinations The United States Government asked the Allies to relinquish contracts for American wheat futures, according to advices received in the pit of the Min- neapolis Chamber of Commerce. Special delivery letters are being delivered from the New York Postof- fice by boys, who.are replacing many of the substitute letter carriers, thus reducing the government expense. Governor Holcomb has sent to sher- iffs instructions concerning fillinge of cards in_their prospective military draft. The governors War Council will occupy quarters in the capitol. Frank Mcintee, of Union Hill, N. is dead at Middletown, N. Y., as a re inflicted by a member of the Seventy- first regiment while cleaning his gun. While scattering President Wilson's address to Congress inside the Ger- man lines William Dugan's airplane was riddled with antiaircraft shrap- nel from a battery 12,000 feet below. Montague P. Andreson ,73, of Hart- ford, colored, shot himself in the breast yesterday and died shortly aft- erward in the Hartford hospital. He had been janitor of the South school. A semi-official announcement from Vienna savs Count Czernin, Austrian Foreign Minister, left for German Headquarters to continue his confer- ences with Chancellor von Bethmann- ‘Hollweg. Civil service cmployes doing mili- tary duty prior to the passage of a re- cent amendment to the New York State militarv law will receive their pay minus the amount of thefr mili- tary pay. Authentic_informa from .Santo Domingo, is that the bodies of two American engineers, Stanley Miller, of Baton Rouge, La., and a Mr. Hawkine, of Paducah, Ky. were found hacked to pleces. The Aero Club of America filed a protest against the proposed govern- ment plan to order 1800 airplanes in France, saying the project would place additional burders on the Entente in- tead of helping them. The Newton B authorizing the New York State Excise commissioner, with the approval of the governor to prohibit during the war, the sale of intoxicants near camps, barracks or munitions factories was signed by Governor Whitman. A nine hour battle between Russian frontiersmen_and Cossacks against an encircling column of Kurds in the Cau- casus resulted in the Russians cutting their way through., the official state- ment said. The Russians lost fifteen killed and seven wounded. Liberty Hall. tha headquarters in Dublin of the Trish Transport Workers' union. and Hibernian hall, the meet- ing place of the Irish-American Al- ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE; COMMITTED WITHOUT BAIL Former Supt. Sachs of the Fort Pitt Plant of the Aetna Chemical Co. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 18—Augustus former superintendent of the Fort Pitt plant of the Aetna Chemical company, was arrested here today charged with felonious arson. ers’ Association to Concentration Camps. May 18.—The Washington, formal cago, May announcement of the war department [ the best war & fixing the date for exercise of the|wheat bread is f draft, states that all National Guard |judgment of membe coast artillery companies will be |al Master Baker: drafted July 5. day concluded a “After being drafted,” - the state- |ference I by ment continues, “organizations will { Hoover, President the food situation, proving propos. creased percen be held at company rendezvous for 1 about. two weeks ana will then be sent to concentration camps the in southern, moutheastern and western |flour in order ma departments. farther. “All natlonal guard organizations,| The mes both in and out of the federal ser- |straight flour vice, wili be recruited at once to full |l sald any highe mixing of othe wheat flour wo quirement of war strensth. The necegsary arms, equipment and clothing for ‘recruits is not at present on hand, but it is hoped ali supplies will be avaiflable by | affect other f the time the troops are sent to their [1y. concentration camps., Before adjournr The order informs the adjutant-gen- | conference pledged era) that all enlisted men of the na- |ernment tional guard reserve, as well as of the active forces, will be drafted on the dates given, itles and r 000 to be exps the bakers eff SENATE AND HOUSE WORK OF LAYING OUT THE CANTONMENT AT AYER CONFEREES AGRE Will Begin as Soon as Official Notice of Approval is Received. Most of the Bluejack — Raise From $17.50 to § Boston, May 18—The work of lay- - ing out the cantonment at Ayer, the | Washington site of which was approved today by |house conferces the war department, and preparing it [disputed provi for New England’s quota of drafted |sonnel bili linicirea troops, will begin as soon as official | listed strength niotlee of the approval is received, ac- cording to an announcement tonight at the headquarters of the northeast- ern department. The site was select- y'n en cd by army engineers and recommend- | vided for ed by Prigadier General Clarence R.|bill and wil Sdwards, in command of the depart- [Jackets a ment. a month, The government has taken an op- | The co ¢ tion on the property and has arrangvd | amendm: 5 for an extensive water supply system. | congress to enlf It is estimated that between 25,000 The te - pr and 30,000 drafted men will be train- [of ships and pe ed there. The forces probably will be |and geodet A divided into one division of Infantry,|navy service one heavy fleld artiilery regiment, ono | adopte telegraph battalion, one aero battalion | The conferen and a balloon company. before the TEUTONIC STATESME FOURTEEN FISHING VESSELS SUNK BY AUSTRIAN CRUISERS TO HOLD Hollweg and Zimmermar In the Adri Sea—British Light | 7458 ¢ Pl gy Cruiser Dartmouth Torpedoed. e e gy London, May 18—The British ad- |, Berlin, May 19 v miralty announced today that four- |m.TmESHAL | A teen drifters had been sunk in a raid | g UOUWES by Austrien light cruisers In the Adri- | man" gret™) S0 t atic sea, and that the British light [ LT EEE r cruiser Dartmouth was torpedoed In | Hunareiin foreis a subsequent engagement with the | ‘qEATIan, forclen o Austrian warships but reached Port|recently begus safely. vo p a H " The admiralty stated that the Brit- | Yo Pqiomann Holls ish warships Dartmouth and Bristol | (iae gne s pursued the Austrian vessels to a|ints the T ; point near Cattaro when, ships com- | {I, con" it ing to their assistance, the British | po'G0 O NOTENUSE vessels were compelled to withdraw. i reichst A drifter is a steam fishing vessel, | i Soror {10 many of which have been used during | harioq the war in mine sweeping. TWO LARGE WAREHOUSES BURNED IN HARTFORD HOUSE VOTES TO THE TAX ON Large Quan of Hay, Grain and|Prohibitionist E Oats Burned—Loss About $80,000 Defeat the Ta Hartford, Conn., May 19.—Fire of| Washington, unknown origin, which broke out [ Section of the !shortly after idnight, completely de- | increase t v stroyed two large warehouses owned | !0 $2.20 a ga by the Loyden, Northam & Loyden |the efforts Company on Windsor street. Large | the increasec T aintal quantities of hay, grain and oats were | saloonists 1 s . to intrench PUMPED FELLOW WORKMAN FULL OF COMPRESSED stored in the buildings. estimated at $80,000. At _two o'clock It was believed that the fire was completely under control. Meanwhile trafic on the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad be- tween this city and Springfleld is at a standstill, the firemen utilizing the railroad property to run lines of hose. The loss is Tony Sabatka of Ansonia Had a Quesr Conception of Fun He was committed to jail without Lail. Several fires and explosions oc- curred at the piant whilo Sachs was in charge, resulting in a number of fatalities. Four alarms following in quick suc- | Ansonia. Conr 15.—Pumg cession, called out all the apparatus in | full of compressed & a fo the city. workman, lgnace Federoquicz e The ‘only other bulldings in the im- | Griffin Hospital, probably fatally hurt His assailant, Tony Sabatka, whe says medtate vicinity are two small barns damaged. he did it in fun, is under arreet which have not been